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Line Item Construction Cost Estimating – 2020 and Beyond!

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Detailed line item construction cost estimating is a prerequisite to obtaining best value outcomes for facilities / built infrastructure repair, renovation maintenance, sustainability, and new construction projects. A locally researched detailed line item construction cost estimating database plays a key role in this regards.

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Define Construction Procurement

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Define Construction Procurement. Define Construction Procurement… It’s easy to define construction procurement right? Improper construction procurement methods and a relative lack of competency on the part of procurement staff have greatly contributed to poor construction outcomes. Perhaps not.

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LEAN Construction Project Delivery and Facilities Operations, Maintenance, and Life-cycle Management

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Cost estimating. Procurement/bidding. Life-cycle Management. COBie is an information exchange specification for the life-cycle capture and delivery of information needed by facility managers. Building Information Modeling (BIM) (Model & Management Systems) Capital Planning and Management Systems (CPMS).

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LEAN Construction Delivery, The Primary Challenge to BIM

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LEAN Construction Deliver is the primary challenge to BIM adoption. The solution to improved life-cycle management of the build environment lies within a greater focus upon improving competencies and business processes. Asset Total Cost of Ownership-Efficient Life-cycle Management Model.

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BEST VALUE & COMPLIANT Construction Planning, Procurement, And Project Delivery

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BEST VALUE & COMPLIANT Construction Planning, Procurement, And Project Delivery can be deployed and managed today using a robust suite LEAN tools and services. Far too much focus has been upon so called “technology solutions” such as BIM, and far to little upon LEAN process and total cost of ownership asset management methods.

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BIM, Big Data, and Efficient Life-cycle Management of the Built Environment

Building Information Management

Efficient life-cycle management of the built environment comes down to analyzing large data sets— big data—from several knowledge domains. 3D visualization software products currently promoted as BIM (Building Information Modeling) are not solutions for this task. Big Data for BIM / Efficient Facility Life-cycle Management.

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Public Sector Facilities Project Cost Management

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Public Sector Facilities Project Cost Management involves tracking costs in real time throughout the full life cycle of planning, procurement, and delivery. Efficiently planning projects, procuring projects, executing projects, and managing costs involve several fundamental elements. Defined Workflows.